---
title: "ReadAloud: Podcast-quality text-to-speech – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "46 users, rated 5.00 by 2 people. Version 1.0.10, updated 2026-09-20. Requests 12 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/lblodplhekfdnpmglmmnnmnfhjcjhhlc"
---

# ReadAloud: Podcast-quality text-to-speech

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 46
- Rating: 5.00 from 2 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 04:43 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #87,506 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #28,842 of 103,498

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Listen to any text using podcast-quality voices, private, on-device, using speeds up to 3.5x.

- Extension ID: `lblodplhekfdnpmglmmnnmnfhjcjhhlc`
- Developer: [Perilla Labs, Inc](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u7c5364c835f162e1b48ec6e6d039eca2)
- Trader status: Declared a trader under EU law
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2026-06-13
- Last updated: 2026-09-20
- Version: `1.0.10`
- Size: 16.08 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `tryreadaloud.com`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/readaloud-podcast-quality/lblodplhekfdnpmglmmnnmnfhjcjhhlc>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Flblodplhekfdnpmglmmnnmnfhjcjhhlc>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 46 | 5.00 | 2 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

**Every website:** it can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.

### Sites

- `http://*/*`: Every website
- `https://*/*`: Every website
- `https://identitytoolkit.googleapis.com/*`: identitytoolkit.googleapis.com
- `https://securetoken.googleapis.com/*`: securetoken.googleapis.com
- `https://tryreadaloud.com/*`: tryreadaloud.com

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `<all_urls>`: Every website
- `https://docs.google.com/*`: docs.google.com

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `offscreen`: Open a hidden page for background work
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `system.memory`: Read how much memory your computer has
- `unlimitedStorage`: Store more data than the usual limit

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Private Notes for Google Calendar](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/cfhahikbjmmkbiobhlgecilahemdfgph) | 660 | 2.78 | 9 | Tools |
| [TabReadReminder](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/feabkmfhdlhckilaibcpcdbighdfajho) | 15 | – | – | Workflow & Planning |
| [ProfileShare](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/kfllhjpjkfcjbnmjmpopdbchncmpahkl) | 6 | – | – | Workflow & Planning |

All 4 extensions by [Perilla Labs, Inc](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u7c5364c835f162e1b48ec6e6d039eca2).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-27 04:43 UTC; next check around 2026-10-17.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “ReadAloud: Podcast-quality text-to-speech” (lblodplhekfdnpmglmmnnmnfhjcjhhlc). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/lblodplhekfdnpmglmmnnmnfhjcjhhlc. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_lblodplhekfdnpmglmmnnmnfhjcjhhlc,
  title   = {ReadAloud: Podcast-quality text-to-speech (lblodplhekfdnpmglmmnnmnfhjcjhhlc)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/lblodplhekfdnpmglmmnnmnfhjcjhhlc},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

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